Following harmonization discussions to identify potential areas of cultural differences, PRO item pools were developed based on the most commonly occurring coding themes.
When such distinctions were encountered during harmonization discussions, moderators evaluated the potential reasons for distinctions and typically agreed to collapse categories where differences were not thought to be culturally determined.
During cross-cultural harmonization discussions, it was determined that some differences in coding frequency arose from variation in the number and types of probing questions used by the IFG moderators.
"Sweat just runs down your body, like rain drops, but oil feels like butter – greasy" (US female participant – # 10) Harmonization discussions between the German and US moderators focused on a number of differences relating to the discussion of the Tactile and Sensory (non-tactile) feelings associated with skin oil.
Ongoing discussion about HTA harmonization, particularly of clinical data, could also potentially standardize this aspect of the evidence base.
A global discussion of standards harmonization relating to SRM may result in other tangible benefits to society, including the potential evolution of a common language and framework for risk assessment and a debate on the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to risk management.
Ghana and Nigeria have similar drug regulatory structures based on the US FDA system, and we observed that personal linkages between executives of the FDBs in both countries meant that discussions on regulatory harmonization have taken place.
The thematic frequency analysis of IFG transcripts highlighted a number of areas of difference between countries, which led to fruitful discussion within the content harmonization sessions.
He xie means "river crab," and sounds like the Mandarin word for "harmonization," a Communist Party euphemism for censorship.
Harmonization has remained central to HUGO's discussion.
Once early discussions of variables to be paired and harmonized between datasets had begun in the xTEND project, the development of automated tools for the generation of scripts applying discussed variable pairing and harmonization rules was undertaken so that these rules were applied in a consistent fashion that could be audited.
